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Can anxiety cause pelvic muscle tension/spasms?

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My pelvic floor muscles, especially around the bladder can all of a sudden tighten, start cramping and cause an urge to urinate. When this happens it sort of feels like a panic attack. This makes me scared of leaving the house more and more.

I do think it has nothing to do with my bladder itself, besides the fact that it gets irritated by tensed muscles.

I have an overactive pelvic floor for which I have pt but I am also depressed/anxious at the moment for which I have started to take medicine (bupropion)

Can your mental health influence your pelvic floor?

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